The Cuban baseball national team will have five friendly matches against teams from Chinese Taipei and Japan to test its tactical thinking facing the III World Baseball Classics scheduled for March 2013.»
Four Cubans were awarded in four of the five categories of the Eureka Science Prize, during the inaugural gala of Cubamotricidad 2012, which was held in the theater Lazaro Peña, in this city.»
Cuban President Raul Castro received Rafael Ramirez, vice president of the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who arrived in the Santiago de Cuba’s Antonio Maceo Airport this Thursday.»
Cuban judoka Maricet Espinosa received the Ippon Trophy for her performance in the World Team Championship in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where her team won the bronze medal.»
Cuban First Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura visited the municipalities of Cueto and Mayari in Holguin province, where he called for giving priority to restoring services to the population in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.»
Cuban president Raul Castro visited the devastated areas in the eastern region of the island as well as the central provinces to assess the damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. Raul arrived in Santiago leading a group of top officials, including First Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, VP Adel Yzquierdo, and several ministers, reported the National Television Newsreel.»
Cuba reported a reduction of its infant mortality rate to 4.5 deaths in every live births so far this year.»
Cuba’s Culture Minister Rafael Bernal described the International Cuban Television Festival held this week in Havana as an appropriate space for debates and cooperation.»
In spite of the efforts to protect human lives, Cuba has to regret the loss of 11 people as consecuence of the damages caused by Hurrican Sandy during its passage for the eastern region of the island»
Cuba’s President Raul Castro spoke over the phone with the presidents of the Councils of Defense of the country’s eastern provinces to learn about the affectations caused by Hurricane Sandy.»
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